Sunday, April 02, 2006

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BREAKING: Bush brings banter back to presidency. Country waits for punch-line. From today's Washington Post:

Call it the let-Bush-be-Bush strategy. The result is a looser president, less serious at times, even at times when humor might seem out of place. Aides used to dread such settings, worried about gaffes or the way Bush might come across in spontaneous exchanges. But with his poll numbers somewhere south of the border, they concluded that Bush handles back-and-forth better than he once did -- and that they have little left to lose. [emphasis added]

Sorry, but it sounds more like a hail-mary strategy to me. If Bush's handlers think letting Bush-be-Bush will help in him out of his political spider-hole, they are sorely mistaken. The public is done. They want a serious leader to get us through serious times. It's not about image, it's about policy. Sorry, funny guy, you are lame, beyond duck:

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I've seen the phrases "fratboy" and "towel-snapping (humor)" in recent columns about Bush by more than a dozen "journalists" and "opinionistas." Does somebody fax a list of clever phrases to reporters so they can all seem clever? And not bothering with attribution?

Bush and Rove have sold the public a load of BS. W first run at the US House, as an transplanted Eastcoast Prepschool pol, was a failure. So he was invented as an everyday Texan. The man is Eastcoast elite, watch him swing a hammer, I hope he doesn't ruin his manicure. The problem with 2004 was two Eastcoast fratboys, we bought Rove's BS that W has a real Texan.